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Sheikhanwala Population - Kapurthala, Punjab

Sheikhanwala is a medium size village located in Kapurthala Tehsil of Kapurthala district, Punjab with total 77 families residing. The Sheikhanwala village has population of 399 of which 210 are males while 189 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sheikhanwala village population of children with age 0-6 is 46 which makes up 11.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sheikhanwala village is 900 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sheikhanwala as per census is 1091, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sheikhanwala village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sheikhanwala village was 75.35 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sheikhanwala Male literacy stands at 80.85 % while female literacy rate was 69.09 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Sheikhanwala village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Sheikhanwala village.

Sheikhanwala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 77 - -
Population 399 210 189
Child (0-6) 46 22 24
Schedule Caste 263 139 124
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.35 % 80.85 % 69.09 %
Total Workers 136 129 7
Main Worker 131 - -
Marginal Worker 5 5 0

Caste Factor

In Sheikhanwala village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 65.91 % of total population in Sheikhanwala village. The village Sheikhanwala currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sheikhanwala village out of total population, 136 were engaged in work activities. 96.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 136 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 67 were Agricultural labourer.